Library Cloud Access
We fund hosting, backups and network upgrades for rural and small-town libraries, so public computers and digital archives stay online through outages and budget cuts.
Cloudlight Foundation helps schools, public libraries and local nonprofits build reliable, affordable cloud infrastructure — so that access to digital services never depends on where you live.
Founded in 2015, Cloudlight Foundation is a nonprofit working at the intersection of cloud engineering and community development. We provide grants, architecture reviews and long-term technical mentoring — not one-off handouts.
Three long-running programs, each with published selection criteria and quarterly reporting.
We fund hosting, backups and network upgrades for rural and small-town libraries, so public computers and digital archives stay online through outages and budget cuts.
Small, fast grants that help teachers and school IT teams run learning platforms on modern infrastructure — with security baselines and cost controls baked in.
A paid fellowship pairing early-career engineers with maintainers of open infrastructure projects. Fellows ship real work and leave with a public track record.
Quarterly notes on what we funded, what we learned, and where the next round of grants is going.
Migration work completed with local IT volunteers; all sites now run automated backups and TLS renewal, cutting unplanned downtime by an average of 71%.
Library accessRequests focused on learning management systems, student portfolios and accessibility tooling. Average grant size was $4,180 with a 12-day decision window.
Classroom grantsIndependent review confirmed 94.6% of spending went to direct program costs. Administrative overhead remained below our 6% policy ceiling for the fifth consecutive year.
TransparencyFellows are placed with nine open-source infrastructure projects across four countries, with mentorship from senior maintainers and a stipend for the full term.
Fellowship“Our catalog used to go down every time the power flickered. Now it just works, and patrons never notice — which is exactly the point.”
“The grant covered hosting, but the review was worth more. We finally understand our own backups and costs.”
“I shipped real code to a project used by thousands of schools. That changed how I see my career.”
Volunteer your expertise, apply for a grant, or fund the next round of community deployments. Every allocation is published.